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  • A Korean elementary teacher's beliefs about teaching and learning and its impact on interactions and norms in mathematics classroom

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    Cho, Cheong-soo
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    This study described how and why a Korean elementary teacher taught mathematics as he did. Specifically, the study sought to describe his beliefs about the teaching and learning of mathematics and relate them to patterns of classroom interaction and norms. An ethnographic inquiry guided the study of one third grade...
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    ratified by the teacher. Two questions are raised at this point: "Why are these mathematics classrooms so

  • Factors influencing student attendance at intercollegiate athletic events : a study in Korea

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    Lim, Jong Geon
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    The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that may influence students' motivation or choice to attend their institution's intercollegiate athletic events and also to relate the lived experiences of administrators of athletic programs at a university in Korea. The research design included both quantitative and qualitative approaches....
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    administrators of athletic programs at a university in Korea. The research design included both quantitative

  • Underrepresentation of minorities in natural resource professions : an examination of African Americans

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    Ponds, Phadrea D.
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    The fact that African Americans are under represented in the natural resource professions is well known and commonly acknowledged. Terms such as conspicuously absent, manifest imbalance and zero representation have all been used to describe the current status of African American natural resource professionals. The data suggests that in the...
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    23 reading an editorial by Charles Jordan in "Earth Work," the Porta lnd Parks Bureau director was

  • Breaking silos : interdisciplinary research in kinesiology

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    Schary, David P.
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    With the growing popularity of kinesiology at the undergraduate level, one would expect the field to be influential. Kinesiology, however, appears to be in a paradox. The undergraduate popularity is not reflected in the rest of academia, or even the general public, many of whom feel kinesiology is not a...
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    (21.2%). The majority of research was biophysical (67.2%), quantitative (94.5%), and funded (52.7

  • Agricultural export promotion and economic structure : an historical perspective

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    Townsend, Terry P.
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    The United States has had a long history of promoting agricultural exports, and the return to conditions of extreme surplus in many agricultural markets in recent years has revived interest in this topic. Some products received imperial bounties during our colonial era, but the systematic collection of trade statistics for...
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    Research and Agricultural Export Promotion, 1941-1954 92 24. Total Value of U.S. Agricultural Exports by

  • Essays in applied economics

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    Nag, Sharmistha
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    My dissertation concerns two separate issues. The first issue is examined in Essay One, and the second issue is examined in Essays Two and Three. The first essay develops an economic model of the determination of the rental rate of leased farmland in the United States. Particular attention is placed...
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    larger influences on these laboratory research portfolios. The third essay examines fund

  • Student leadership development within student government at Snow College

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    Wilson, Gordon Ned
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    The purpose of this study was to describe the leadership development process of former student leaders at Snow College. More specifically, the study focused on understanding how, when, and where leadership development took place in their "lived experience" within the student government at Snow College (Van Manen, 1998). Examining the...
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    the books reviewed, the research was extended back to the 1970s and up to the present as this

  • Rural community college fundraising : a multi-site case study exploring the characteristics and motivations of alumni supporters

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    Wood, Jason S.
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    Fundraising in the 21st century is becoming an increasingly important component of rural community colleges' (RCCs) overall funding strategies. Alumni represent a significant population of potential college supporters. The problem facing rural community colleges involves fiscal viability through developing innovative fundraising practices and identifying emerging sources of additional revenue. The...
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    RCCs provides context for the topic. A qualitative research design using a case study method was

  • Education of American research astronomers, 1876-1941

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    Hall, Robert Dale, 1947-
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    The education (particularly graduate education) of Americans who were active in astronomical research between 1876 and 1941 is assessed for its effectiveness in preparing the astronomers for careers in research. This period contains three dynamic changes: the growth of American astronomy in becoming the world's leading community of astronomers, the...
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    effectiveness in preparing the astronomers for careers in research. This period contains three dynamic changes

  • Voices from the coast : drawing on family funds of knowledge to build ocean literacy and home school partnerships

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    Roebber, Susan Merwin
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    In this qualitative study, ethnographic methods were used to identify parent funds of knowledge related to ocean literacy in a rural, coastal context. Participants included 16 parents of students in the teacher-researcher's third-grade classroom. Interactions between parent-child, parent-parent, and parent and the teacher-researcher were studied in order to determine factors...
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    parents of diverse backgrounds. This is supported by parent response to (1) the process of accessing